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In 1997, when the U.S. president crashes into Manhattan, now a giant maximum security prison, a convicted bank robber is sent in to rescue him.

Escape from New York (1981) Movie Poster

Director

• John Carpenter

Writers

• John Carpenter

• Nick Castle

Cast

• Kurt Russell as Lieutenant S.D. "Snake" Plissken

• Lee Van Cleef as Police Commissioner Bob Hauk

• Ernest Borgnine as "Cabbie"

• Donald Pleasence as President John Harker

• Isaac Hayes as "The Duke"

• Season Hubley as Girl in Chock Full o' Nuts (Maureen)

• Harry Dean Stanton as Harold "Brain" Hellman

• Adrienne Barbeau as Maggie

• Tom Atkins as Captain Rehme

• Charles Cyphers as Secretary of State

• Frank Doubleday as Romero

• John Strobel as Cronenberg, the doctor

Sources: IMDB & WIKI

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